junior Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Every time i post on a thread i now get an email every time somebody else comments on the thread. It's never happened before this week and i haven't changed anything so why has it started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Happened to me too. Go into your account settings and switch all notifications off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Alan de Enfield Posted August 18, 2017 Solution Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 There was a big update earlier this week - all 'notifications' defaulted to 'on', so as soon as you post in a thread it thinks you want to 'follow' that thread and every time there is a post in that thread you get and email - it will also start to follow random people and notify you when ever they post. There have been a number of threads on the problem. As Ian said - go into your 'set-up' and un-tick all the notifications and you will be back to 'as you were'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 There was a note at the top of my screen saying that the personal preferences had all been re set and could we update our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Machpoint005 said: Happened to me too. Go into your account settings and switch all notifications off! Thanks for that, just been inundated with emails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I thought putting a big notice at the top of every page might help but it appears I am mistaken? 9 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said: There was a big update earlier this week - all 'notifications' defaulted to 'on', so as soon as you post in a thread it thinks you want to 'follow' that thread and every time there is a post in that thread you get and email - it will also start to follow random people and notify you when ever they post. There have been a number of threads on the problem. As Ian said - go into your 'set-up' and un-tick all the notifications and you will be back to 'as you were'. I have marked this as best answer but it wasn't caused by an update. I just noticed that "Notify me of replies" wasn't automatically switching on even when selected to do so. To fix this, I had to reset the notifications system which unfortunately means people may need to update their preferences if they don't like the default options. This isn't necessarily a bad thing given users may not have updated them in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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